Children's exposure to food-related ads on television has significantly decreased since 2013, but they still see over 1,000 mostly unhealthy ads annually, indicating a need for government regulation.

Remember the first time you asked your parents for a kid’s meal? The excitement of opening the newest toy, almost outweighing the meal itself? Most adults don’t. But early on as a parent, you ...

“This government is taking action to end the targeting of junk food ads at kids, across both TV and online. “This is a crucial step to delivering a major shift in the focus of healthcare from sickness ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — A coalition of parents, doctors, faith leaders, and lawmakers gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to push for three bills designed to remove harmful chemicals, deceptive ads, ...

One of the top sources of added sugar in children’s diets is in their breakfast cereal. A new study shows that advertising drives sales of high-sugar cereals when it’s aimed directly at kids under 12 ...

ALBANY — State lawmakers and advocates are looking to expand New York’s false advertising laws to include food and beverage ads targeting children. Proponents are pointing to branded content on social ...

Children’s TV programming and junk food have been tied since the beginnings of the medium, as in the above video of an early Mickey Mouse Club, sponsored by “your friendly neighbor who bottles ...

Here’s a stat for your next sales presentation, courtesy of the Oregon Nutrition Council: It says that the average American child sees 40K advertisements a year. Wow. Unfortunately, a high percentage ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - In a bid to tackle rising youth obesity, U.S. companies would be prohibited from advertising to children foods that contain large amounts of sugar or salt, or even low ...

Christine Parker receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. Tanita Northcott does not work for, consult, ...